|
Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
|
Family Lamiaceae
Dracocephalum parviflorum Nutt.
American dragonhead
Dracocephalum: Greek dracon for "dragon" and cephale for head, referring to form of corolla in original species
parviflorum: Latin for "small flower"
|
|
| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, annual/biennial/perennial, 8"-30" tall forb, aromatic, short lived; stems square; taprooted |
| Flower: | purple, 5-parted, 1/3" long, irregularly tube-shaped;  inflorescence a 1"-5" tall, dense, terminal, conical, spike-like cluster often separated near its base; blooms May-July |
| Fruit: | 1-seeded nutlet |
| Leaf: | opposite, serrated, stalked |
| Habitat: | dry; disturbed areas, railroad ballast; in limy, rocky soil |
| (Glossary) |
|
